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<h2> Upon Watts' Picture "Sic Transit" </h2>
<p><i>"What I spent I had; what I saved, I lost; what I gave, I have."</i><br/></p>
<p>But yesterday the tourney, all the eager joy of life,<br/>
The waving of the banners, and the rattle of the spears,<br/>
The clash of sword and harness, and the madness of the strife;<br/>
To-night begin the silence and the peace of endless years.<br/>
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(One sings within.)<br/>
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But yesterday the glory and the prize,<br/>
And best of all, to lay it at her feet,<br/>
To find my guerdon in her speaking eyes:<br/>
I grudge them not, — they pass, albeit sweet.<br/>
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The ring of spears, the winning of the fight,<br/>
The careless song, the cup, the love of friends,<br/>
The earth in spring — to live, to feel the light —<br/>
'Twas good the while it lasted: here it ends.<br/>
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Remain the well-wrought deed in honour done,<br/>
The dole for Christ's dear sake, the words that fall<br/>
In kindliness upon some outcast one, —<br/>
They seemed so little: now they are my All.<br/></p>
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